Telescoping dress-case



(No Model.)

B. NUSBAUM & s. FELDENH EIMER. TELBSGOPING DRESS CASE.

No. 561,808. PatentedJuneQ, 1896.

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BENJAMIN NUSBAUM AND SIMON FELDENHEIMER, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

TELESCO PlNG DRESS-CA8 E.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 561,808, dated June 9,1896.

Application filed September 23, 1895. $erial No. 563,303. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, BENJAMIN NUsBAUM- and SIMON FELDENHEIMER, citizensof the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county ofPhiladelphia and State of Penn sylvania, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Combination Telescoping and ExtensionDress-Cases, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to a new and useful improvement in combinationtelescoping and extension dress-cases, and has for its object to soconstruct such a device as to render it more durable, cheapen its cost,and provide means forcarryin g the case either flat or edgewise.

With these ends in view the invention consists in the details ofconstruction and combination of elements hereinafter set fortl1,and thenspecifically designated by the claim.

In order that those skilled in the art to which this inventionappertains may understand how to make and use the same, we will describeits construction and operation in detail, referring by number to theaccompany ing drawings, forming a part of this specification, and inwhich- Figure 1 is a perspective of a case made in accorc'iance with ourimprovement; Fig. 2, a diametrical view of the parts from which the caseis formed; and Fig. 3, a view similar to Fig. l, on a smaller scale,showing a slight modification of the application of our improved handle.

Similar numbers denote like parts in the views of the drawings.

lleretofore great difficulty has been experienced in the construction ofcases of this description to render them durable at their edges, as themethod in vogue of building the cases of strawboard or other materialand then covering it with cloth rendered the case useless when saidcloth became worn along the edges. This disadvantage we have overcome bymaking the case from ablank (shown in Fig. 2) which is notched at 2 andbent, on the dotted line 3, into U shape, and then setting the ends orheads 4 upon the center portion upon the dotted lines 5 and bending upflap 6 along these lines, and finally riveting said flaps to said endsin such manner as to form an open-top rectangular box, the corners ofwhich may be strengthened by the use of tips 7, made of leather or otherdesired material, so that said box is prevented from coming in contactwith surfaces which tend to injure or ruin its edges.

\Vhile cases of this description are very desirable for use by personstraveling, as their capacity may be increased or decreased by thetelescoping features thereof, their use has been limited from the factthat they have heretofore been provided with station aryhandles upontheir tops only, and this necessitated the holding of the arm at aconsiderable angle While carrying the case, in order to prevent it fromcoming in contact with the carrier; but we overcome this objection bythe use of our improved combination handles, which permit the case to becarried either in a horizontal or vertical position, and this rendersits use more general, as it may be now used under all circumstances thatan y case or grip could be used, and we accomplish-this result asfollows:

8 and 9 are guide-straps secured upon the edge and top of the case,respectively, by means of suitable rivets 10, and secured to thesestraps are triangular rings ll and 12.

13 is a handle, preferably made of leather, but may be formed of anysuitable material and in any desired shape, to the ends of which aresecured snap-hooks 14, adapted to engage the rings 11 and 12. Thus itwill be seen that the handle 13 maybe either secured to the rings 12upon the top of the case or to the rings 11 upon the edge of the case,and this will permit the carrying of said case either in a horizontal orvertical position, as before referred to. The guide-straps 8 also act tohold the retaining-straps 15 in their proper position.

The above-described form of changeable handles is the construction whichwe prefer; but we have also found that the modification shown in Fig. 3,in which two stationary handles 16 and 17 are riveted to the edge andtop of the case, respectively, answers the purpose very well, the onlyobjection being that the one not in use is liable to become entangledwith surrounding objects and form an obstacle likely to annoy the personcarrying the case; yet, since this is but a modification of the firstform of our improvement, we wish of our invention, and we therefore donot l wish to be limited to the exact construction and arrangementshown, but reserve the right to make such modifications and alterationsas come within the scope of our invention.

Having thus fully described our invention,

what we claim as new and useful is- In combination, a case, guide-strapsarranged on the top and side of the top section of the case, ringssecured in the loops of the guide-straps, ahandle and snap-hooks at eachend thereof as and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto affiXed our signatures in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

BENJAHIN NUSBAUM. SIMON FELDENHEIMER.

\Vitnesses:

S. S. WILLIAMSON, SAMUEL L. TAYLOR.

